Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Spring Semester, 2008 Old Announcements

• May 16: We've posted practice final solutions (updated May 16 afternoon).

• May 14: Pick up the final exam in 34-101, Wed May 21 at 1:30pm.

• May 14: Review sessions:
  • Review sessions to work through practice final (in Lab)
    Thu 10 - 1; Thu 2 - 5; Fri 10 - 1
  • Review sessions on subjects Sunday, May 18, in 34-101
    1 - 2:30 difference equations
    2:30 - 4 search, probability
    4 - 5:30 circuits
    5:30 - 7 programming

• May 7: Nano-quiz make-up night (Wed May 7) from 5:30PM - 10PM in 32-123. Closed book, notes.

• May 5: We've posted a final exam announcement and practice final to help you study. This version was revised on Monday May 12.

• Apr. 21: Exploration 5 has been graded. There are some brief comments on the grading here.

• Apr. 17: Lab 8 has been graded. Here are some grading comments.

• Apr. 14: Exploration 2 has been graded. There are some brief comments on the grading here.

• Apr. 3: Questions 15 and 16 from design lab 8 have been moved to design lab 9. You can finish them in lab next week and turn them in with the lab 9 write-ups. The rest of the lab 8 write-up is due as usual. Details here

• Apr. 2: We're handing out a revised version of the design lab. Details here

• Apr. 1: (No joke) We've substantially decreased the number of questions you have to hand in written answers to for ps8. Details here

• Mar. 31: We've posted some comments on grading Assignment 5 and Assignment 6

• Mar. 21: Because of spring break, TA hours are cancelled until Sunday, March 30th. The schedule will return to normal on the 30th at 2PM. If you need help in the meantime, email 6.01-help@mit.edu.

• Mar. 21: We've posted some comments on grading Assignment 4

• Mar. 16: The midterm is on March 19. See the course calendar for details and a sample exam.

• Mar. 13: We have added TA lab hours from 6-8 on Sunday night and 7-10 on Tuesday nights. This change will take place on Sunday, March 9th.

• Mar. 13: Error in course notes: Self-check problem three has the wrong equation. The problem should read: Find a formula for y[n], where y[n]=2y[n-1] + y[n-2] +x[n], where the input signal x is the unit sample.

• Mar. 5: We've posted some comments on grading Assignment 2 and Assignment 3. Please take a look.

• Mar. 3: If you need to convert the PS files generated by SoaR windows into PDF and don't have a handy tool available for that, you could consider using this free service.

• Mar. 2: There is a new version of SoaR that no longer has the "bad file descriptor" bug on Windows. Version soar3-204 is the newest version.

• Feb. 21: We've added a page that summarizes all the due dates for assignments. If you put your mouse over Calendar (in yellow at the top and bottom of the page) you will see DUE DATES. There is also a link in the list of links near the bottom of this page.

• Feb 21: If you believe that there is an error in the grading of any of your assignments, please write a description of the issue, staple it to your original paper and hand it in to one of the faculty members during one of the lab sessions.

• Feb. 21: We've posted some comments on grading of nanoquiz 2 and comments on grading Assignment 1. Please take a look.

• Feb. 19: The MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory will be contacting 6.01 students about interviews to help assess how the course is going. We hope you'll be able to do these, if you are contacted

• Feb. 16: For those of you who can't wait until we start playing with circuits in the class: The MIT Electronic Research Society has build parties on Fridays at 7:30 PM.

• Feb. 16: The class schedule for this week is different because of the Monday holiday and the Tuesday virtual Monday. See the course calendar for details.

• Feb. 13: We've made a sample written homework submission to illustrate the kind of write-up we expect for homework.

• Feb. 11: We've posted some comments on grading of nanoquiz 1. Please take a look.

• Feb. 5: Please install the course software on your computer (see instructions under the software link). Or, you can use Athena instead.

• Feb. 5: Be sure to bring a copy of the weekly assignment to the design lab.

• Feb. 5: This week's design lab (and every week) will begin with a nanoquiz covering the material assigned for homework. You may use the weekly assignment handout, but the quiz is otherwise closed book.